The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-30
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One day this week Mr.. Nathan E,
d d S TIRE - Bingham aana lnfo. the
journal offloein company With one Of ms
old friends, Lewiston amateur hunter.
and remained long enough to spin few
yarns Of tho moose hunt and leave be-
hind him an enyious longing for the
woods.
Mr.. Moore is one OF the most cele-
brated moose hunters In Maine. He Is
68 years old. He is thin and poor, with
gray hair and board. and walks as
though he had carried many burden.
He Is. however. as active to-day as he
was thirty years ago, and as much at
home in the woods as ever.
His days Of steady hunting are over
now. for his boys have grown up and
have scattered, and his good wife
doesn't want him to be alone In the
woods or attending the traps. He has
boon at 1t G0years.
Mr.. Moore related good story OF q
narrow escape IN the forest near the
forks OF the Kennebec.
q was out moose hunting once, sew
eral years ago. said he. had CON-
panlon. and just before night we TRACKED
two moose On the LIGHT snow fnton yard
well up tho hloontliln. ft{cNs setting
tod dark 10 HINT, so We went back and
camped for the night.
The morning was excellent, for a
light snow had fallen: We started out
as soon as we could and came up to
them In about an hour or two. Both
OF them were up Hill from us when we
first saw them, one being about so rods
from the other. They saw us
about as soon as we saw them.
"The ball moose started straight down
the hillside, when the COW moose made
an angle so as to meet him about at tho
foot OF the hill. Ineyer saw any animal
60 as the bull moose did,
q Half down the side of the hill was a
big spruce hat had been felled across
the edge OF rock, SO that between the
edge OF the rock and the tree there
was o space of several inches. The
and just here saw him catch and 90
over In the air and strike broadside on
the snow.
. He got up quick and made for the
foot Of the hill, leaping q rod at leap.
Twenty-Five rods further no went into
the yard and turned. Aired and he fell,
thrashing his head.
On going up to him saw that his
foreleg was as big as q teakettle and all
smashed TO flinders, with pieces OF bone
sticking out. then saw whit made him
jump and leap so coming down hill. He
had caught his leg In the spruce and had
broken 1t.
We then left him and went after the
COW. We found her where she had
slipped, but from the yard to where the
moose lies down there Is hard-beaten
road which T he moose makes. She had
left no trach on this, but little further
we found where she had gene on. and We
followed. A little ahead OF us we heard
the dogs bark. and We knew they we're
on the moose.
We found her In an open place, two
rods wide, surrounded by thick cedars
and pines. Near here was the moose's
beds. They never lie In the same place
but once The snow being soft, their
warm bodies melt 1t and after they rise
the melted snow freezes into Ice and Is
too hard for comfortable bed after
that Beyond the Icy places where they
had lain was an open with the snow
from 8 to 10 inches thick.
g We went into the thicket and threw
down our gun cases and made for her.
! settled myself along the road that led
into the open place where the moose
stood at bay. The dogs made for her
and she came out.
never saw COW moose so ugly
before. She was terrible mad. Her eyes
glRred, her bristles were all on end, her
ears were laid back. It Is not often that
you see such sight.
80 Bad business. said to myself, III
that critter gets at Us.
"A funny thing now happened. Instead
Of making for the dogs, as IN nine cases
outof ten O moose does, she made for
me.
q was In the middle Of the road,
wearing snow shoes, and had dropped
on one knee with my rifle over my arm,
waiting. / knew II ! got q sight at her
and my gun went she was AZ good as
dead, for In those days missed nothing.
j waited until she got where could see
the little mark to shoot at on her breast
and pulled the trigger.
There was no report The hammer
fell with duh sound. and the next
minute had risen TO my feet and was
going down the hard road with the
moose coming rod at Jump.
Just then the other man fred and
broke the moose's fore leg. 1t didn't
stop her even for minute. She jumped
wilder than ever after me.
- Between me and the opening were
the moose beds. II could cross them
and reach the snow could run away
from her on my snowshoes, but
there was great danger In crossing
the Icy beds, where the moose had been
lying. OF being tripped and OF falling. 1t
would have been death to fall under
the moses fore feet.
~ made for the opening, though, and
1t was the awfulest run l ever made. I
could touch the critters nose once Just
as | struck the snow. Once her fore
foot hit my snowshoe behind and almost
tripped me. won by six inches, and
ONE In the snow she gave up the chase
and turned back.
" looked at my rife and found that
q dry twig had caught over the tube and
had broken the force OF the hammer,
and had made 1t fail me. We killed the
moose five minutes afterward. ri Lewis
ton (Me.) Journal.